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Skin whitening products remain popular in Cameroon
AFP, Published on 29/09/2022
» Wearing a large hat protecting her face from the sun's rays in Cameroon, 63-year-old Jeanne now bitterly regrets using skin whitening products after being diagnosed with skin cancer.
Ivory Coast's new take on chocolate
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/08/2022
» The worker carefully peeled the husks from the cocoa beans to keep them from breaking, then tipped them into a metal tray that a colleague slid into an oven.
Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka's hospitals empty
AFP, Published on 26/07/2022
» COLOMBO - Entire wards are dark and nearly empty in Sri Lanka's largest hospital, its few remaining patients leaving untreated and still in pain, and doctors prevented from even arriving for their shifts.
Truckers' haven in doubt
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/06/2022
» The Petro Travel Center on Interstate 10 in Ontario, California, is one of scores across the country. At the front of the building are the things road trippers see when they stop for gas or snacks: a convenience store, restrooms and some dining options.
US seeks to drastically cut nicotine content in cigarettes
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels -- a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
US to drastically reduce nicotine content in cigarettes: reports
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, US media reported Tuesday -- a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
Harnessing deadly venom to create a cure
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 22/05/2022
» In a small room in a building at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the invertebrate keeper, Emma Califf, lifts up a rock in a plastic box. "This is one of our desert hairies," she said, exposing an 8-centimetre-long scorpion, its tail arched over its back. "The largest scorpion in North America."
Latest sandstorm brings Iraq to standstill
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» BAGHDAD - Another sandstorm that descended Monday on Iraq sent at least 2,000 people to hospital with breathing problems and led to the closure of airports, schools and public offices across the country.
Shanghai Covid death toll rises to 17
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» BEIJING - China reported seven Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities as authorities struggled to rein in infections despite a gruelling, weeks-long lockdown.
Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 toll rises
AFP, Published on 19/04/2022
» SHANGHAI: China reported seven new deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, raising the official toll after hundreds of thousands of cases in the metropolis during a weeks-long lockdown.